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China Pushes .pw to Over 250,000 Names
June 10, 2013 @ 5:40 AMDirecti’s .PW Registry has taken over 250,000 domain registrations in the two and a half months since it launched, largely thanks to growth in China. According to recent DomainTools research, Chinese registrars such as DNSPod and Xin Net lead .pw sales, and .PW business head Sandeep Ramchandani told DI today that this trend is now […]
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Late New gTLD Objections “Not Unfair”
June 10, 2013 @ 1:40 AMICANN Ombudsman Chris LaHatte has ruled that the decision to accept formal new gTLD objections sent one minute after the filing deadline “does not create unfairness”. The decision is a blow to at least one applicant, which had tried to have an objection against it kicked out for being late. LaHatte received a complaint from […]
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Xyz.com Wins .college Top Level Domain Auction
June 8, 2013 @ 4:49 AMDonuts withdraws application after XYZ.com wins private domain auction. Domain name investor Daniel Negari, through his company XYZ.com, has won the private top level domain name auction for .college. Negari tells Domain Name Wire “I look forward to truly innovating the namespace with one of the best gTLD’s out there.” The string was in contention […]
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Watch .club Win Its New gTLD for $[Censored]
June 8, 2013 @ 4:07 AMAs we reported earlier in the week, .CLUB Domains was one of the first companies to win its new gTLD auction and now the company has published a short video of the moment the auction closed. The first reaction of CEO Colin Campbell is to put out a press release announcing the win, followed by […]
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Donuts Wins .photography Auction
June 7, 2013 @ 6:28 PMDonuts won the private auction for the .photography top level domain name. Of the six new top level domain name auctions Donuts participated in this past week, the company walked away with at least one top bid. Domain Name Wire has confirmed that Donuts won the auction for .photography. It was in contention with Top […]
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6 New TLD Auctions Bring in Average of $1.5 Million Each
June 7, 2013 @ 8:44 AMHow much do new TLD applicants think their strings are worth? We now have a rough idea on a half dozen. The first six private top level domain name auctions held by Innovative Auctions have closed, bringing in a total of $9.01 million in winning bids. The six domain names no longer in contention are […]
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Big Week for New gTLDs As 114 Apps Pass
June 7, 2013 @ 3:27 AMICANN has just released this week’s Initial Evaluation results and it’s the biggest dump to date, with 114 applications getting through to the next stage of the process. We’re now up to 628 passes, which is roughly one third of the original 1,930 applications. Applications for these strings achieved passing scores (links to DI PRO): […]
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Six Private New gTLD Auctions Raise $9m
June 6, 2013 @ 7:03 PMWe now know (roughly) how much a new gTLD is worth. The new gTLD contention sets for .club, .college, .luxury, .photography, .red, and .vote have been settled in a series of auctions this week that raised over $9 million. That’s an average price of $1.5 million per string. Writing on CircleID, Innovative Auctions project director […]
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ICANN Hires New Coo, Moves Atallah
June 6, 2013 @ 12:35 PMICANN shakes up leadership positions. ICANN has moved chief operating officer Akram Atallah to a new role and hired a replacement from outside the organization. Atallah has been named president of the Generic Domains Division. This new group will focus on generic domain operations, domain name industry engagement and web services for the community. The […]
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ICANN Board rules on non-safeguard GAC advice
June 6, 2013 @ 12:25 PMResolution doesn’t resolve much; uncertainty remains. The ICANN Board New gTLD Program Committee (NGPC) has approved a resolution ruling on a number of items of advice from the Governmental Advisory Committee with regards to new top level domain names. The resolution is specifically limited to non-safeguard advice. You can see how it ruled on each […]
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